By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 21, 2024
DeKALB – A depleted NIU men’s basketball team (9-17, 3-10 MAC) was outlasted by the Ball State University Cardinals (13-13, 5-8 MAC) 70-63 Tuesday. The Huskies felt the absence of starters sophomore forward Xavier Amos and junior guard Zarique Nutter...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| January 28, 2024
DeKALB – A dominant performance from Ball State junior forward Basheer Jihad lifted the Ball State University Cardinals (11-9, 3-5 MAC) to an 81-71 victory over NIU men’s basketball (6-13, 0-7 MAC).
The Huskies had their hands full trying to stop...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| November 5, 2023
DeKALB – NIU football (4-5, 3-2 MAC) seeks to return the Bronze Stalk Trophy back to DeKalb in Week 2 of MACtion against Ball State University (2-7, 1-4 MAC).
During Tuesday’s game against CMU, NIU found itself trailing by a 24-3 margin at halftime....
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| April 23, 2023
DeKALB – Defensive miscues in the first two innings, sloppy pitching and three home runs from Cardinal graduate infielder Ryan Peltier helped the Ball State University Cardinals complete the three-game series sweep over NIU baseball Sunday in a run...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 16, 2023
DeKALB – NIU women’s tennis struggled during doubles competition en route to a 7-0 shutout at Nelson Tennis Center in the Chick Evans Field against conference foe Ball State University. BSU shut out NIU for the second time this season.
NIU got...
DeKALB – NIU women’s tennis was swept away by the Ball State University Cardinals Friday afternoon in Muncie, Indiana, by a final score of 7-0.
NIU’s number one doubles team of sophomore Nataly Ninova and freshman Erika Dimitriev were knotted...
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| March 28, 2023
DeKALB – NIU softball split a doubleheader with Ball State University Tuesday after recording a season-high 16 hits in game two.
GAME ONE
The Huskies mustered just three hits total in game one. Junior catcher/outfielder Ellis Erickson scored the only...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 14, 2023
DeKALB - Ball State University took down NIU men’s basketball Tuesday 87-77, snapping the Huskies four game road win streak. The Cardinals completed a season-series sweep of the shorthanded Huskies, led by a dominant performance from sophomore center...
DeKALB – Wednesday's game was a close one, with NIU women’s basketball cutting the Ball State University Cardinals’ double-digit lead down multiple times throughout the contest, even tying the score at 37-37 late in the second quarter. With a great...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| January 29, 2023
DeKALB — Ball State University took down NIU Saturday afternoon 87-69 in dominant fashion, snapping the Huskies’ three-game win streak.
The Cardinals used the deep ball to their advantage, knocking down 13 of their 28 three-point attempts. Ball...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| October 1, 2022
A 24-7 halftime lead wasn't enough to help the Huskies retain the Bronze Stalk Trophy as they fell to rival Ball State 44-38 in double overtime in Muncie.
